The sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 is in improvement on the CD Projekt Purple studios in Boston and Vancouver. The primary purpose for creating the Boston studio was to let CDPR develop Cyberpunk and The Witcher concurrently. Nevertheless, the builders say it can additionally assist make the sport extra authentically American.
How is CD Projekt making the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel extra genuine?
“I believe Cyberpunk is clearly a uniquely American story,” mentioned appearing government producer Dan Hernberg. It’s obtained loads of like, punk power, and [the tabletop game] was written by an American, so it simply appears proper to do it in America.” He and different builders mentioned this and extra in a current episode of the AnsweRED Podcast, as GameSpot reported.
In fact, Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CDPR’s principal studio in Wrocław, Poland. Sadly, the European builders neglected a number of subtler cultural markers, which CDPR desires to repair within the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel.
Affiliate recreation director Paweł Sasko gave the instance of Cyberpunk 2077’s “manhole debacle.” Whereas many gamers may not have seen, Night time Metropolis’s manhole covers are unusually European for a metropolis in California. Different examples embody streetlights, the place of rubbish bins, the colour of avenue indicators, and the design of curbs. “It doesn’t break immersion,” mentioned Sasko, “however it’s simply that little factor the place you’re like, ‘Properly, possibly this wasn’t made by individuals who dwell right here or individuals who totally perceive all of American tradition.’”
It’s not simply manholes and avenue indicators, with Sasko additionally discussing issues like films and music. “I additionally suppose that being in America, it permits us to have these cultural touchpoints with the bigger American, you recognize, type of affect with Hollywood,” he mentioned. “Clearly, Cyberpunk 2077 came about in LA, and so there’s simply type of all these cultural touchpoints and issues that we are able to type of work together with, whether or not that’s from music or story or simply totally different elements of America which might be fascinating to discover.”
